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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Croft, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Croft and the surrounding area.

  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Croft:
    • 41.078947, -78.334461
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Croft
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Clearfield County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Clearfield County
    • Since Croft is near Centre County and also Elk County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Centre County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Elk County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Croft

Communities Also Named Croft ...

We found seven communities that are also named Croft.

There is one other community in Pennsylvania that is also named Croft.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of six communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
    • Indiana County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Croft [Indiana County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • El Dorado County
      • This Croft is located in El Dorado County and lies 2,217 miles [3,567.9 km]<2> to the west of the Croft that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Croft.
    • Illinois
      • Menard County
      • This Croft is located in Menard County and lies 594 miles [956 km]<2> to the west of the Croft that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Menard County community of Croft.
    • Kansas
      • Pratt County
      • This Croft is located in Pratt County and lies 1,128 miles [1,815.3 km]<2> to the west of the Croft that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pratt County community of Croft.
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • This Croft is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 418 miles [672.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Croft that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Croft.
    • Nova Scotia
      • This Croft lies 881 miles [1,417.8 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Croft that is located in Clearfield County.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Croft is located in Aiken County and lies 546 miles [878.7 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Croft that is located in Clearfield County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Croft.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Croft ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Dale
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dale is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dale
  • Eden
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
    • Eden is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eden
  • Egypt
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Egypt is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
  • Frenchville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Frenchville is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchville
  • Gallows Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gallows Harbor is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallows Harbor
  • Leonard
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Leonard is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leonard
  • Mineral Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Mineral Springs is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
  • Mount Joy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Mount Joy is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Joy
  • Needful
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Needful is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needful
  • Pine Top
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Pine Top is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Top
  • Spring Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Spring Valley is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
  • Surveyor
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
    • Surveyor is located in Clearfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surveyor

How Far From Croft to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Croft to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Croft and extending to:

  • Clearfield, which is the Seat of Clearfield County, lies just to the West Southwest.
  • Harrisburg, which is the State Capital of Pennsylvania, lies 93 miles [149.7 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could drive a straight line from Croft to Harrisburg, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 6 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 165 miles [265.5 km] to the south southeast (SSE). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,858 miles [9,427.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,575 miles [10,581.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,450 miles [7,161.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Croft could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Croft) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Croft to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Croft. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.0789, Longitude: -78.3345       In this case, the coordinates for Croft have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 308.525 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 304.498 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 304.431 degrees.